The newspaper writes that the European Union is discussing a plan to transfer the profits of 196.6 billion Euros from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. Financial Times (FT).
Officials met on Wednesday to explore options for withdrawing interest generated by Russia’s holdings in the United States. [депозитарии] Euroclear,” article notes.
At the same time, some officials believe the same could be done for Russian assets frozen in Clearstream.
According to the publication, sanctions imposed by EU countries led to the freezing of €196.6 billion of Russian assets in Euroclear, of which €180 billion is the assets of the Central Bank of Russia.
At the same time, some sources warned that the legal consequences of such actions should be taken into account.
Former European Commission Representative Christian Wiegand declarationThat the European Union has a legal view that Russian assets immobilized in the EU can be used to reclaim Ukrainian territory.